“Ah, the women.”

I nodded.

But then, Jada’s eyes narrowed. “Hold up. He’s not stepping out on you is he?”

Right away, I waved my hand, telling her no. But at the same time, I shifted in my chair a bit, trying to use my sister’s big hair to get out of the woman’s view since I could still feel her gaze. “No, that’s one place where I’m blessed. Jeremy is not carrying on with anyone.”

“Good, ‘cause I’d hate to have to cut a brother...in-law.”

“You don’t have to cut anyone, Jada.”

She shrugged as if she’d meant her words. “I’m just sayin’.”

After a moment, I said, “But there is this woman....”

Jada eased to the edge of her seat, squeezing the knife in her hand. “Who?”

“Calm down. There’s nothing going on. There’s just a woman who works with Jeremy and she makes me a bit uncomfortable with the way she flirts with him. A lot.”

“Who? His assistant?”

“No, his assistant is Lizzy, remember? Mommy’s friend.”

“Sorry, I forgot. Well, whoever it is, you need to fire her.”

How many times had I thought of that? “The problem is, she’s good.”

“So? There are lots of good people in this world. You can fire her or you can tell me her name and I’ll pay her a little visit and I promise you, you’ll have no more issues.”

I chuckled and shook my head. “It’s not that serious. In fact, now that I’ve said it out loud, I shouldn’t have even mentioned it. It’s innocent flirting.”

“Flirting with a married person or even an involved person is never innocent. But if you tell me to back off, I will. You got my number if you need me.”

“I do and I won’t. At least not in this capacity.”

She shrugged. “So what else is going on? You still thinking about all you’ve given up for the church?”

I raised my eyebrows in surprise. “I haven’t mentioned that in a while.”

“You haven’t, but that doesn’t mean you haven’t been thinking about it.”

I nodded. “I mean, how can I not help but wonder where I would be if I’d taken that job with Walker-Hughes. You know by now my plan was to....”

“Have your own business with five offices all over the country.”

I chuckled. “Did I say it that much?”

“Yup, but it was all good. And so it makes sense that you would wonder.“

“I mean, I can’t imagine I would have been doing better financially. Once Jeremy and I got our church up and going...”

“Yeah, I see you,” Jada said, leaning over to take a peek at my newest designer purse, hooked on the back of my chair. “You have it all now — the house, the cars, the kids, the clothes....”

“But it’s more than just the money because we didn’t get into ministry for that. We’ve just been blessed. But I do wonder what my life would look like now.”